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    Indian Americans fret over Big Beautiful law

    opinion
    Published on Jul 30, 2025 15:27 IST
    While the bill’s sweeping provisions will affect virtually all Americans, immigrant communities, including Indian Americans, are poised to face a wide range of challenges due to its provisions. (AFP)

    Why age of consent laws need a nuanced rethink

    According to NFHS-5, over 23% of Indian women aged 20–24 were married before 18. These girls, often pushed into early marital sex, rarely find legal redress. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 29, 2025 16:24 IST

    India’s imperatives for a national security strategy

    In the military sphere, an articulated national security strategy will serve to sharpen focus on evolution of doctrines, design of force-architecture, acquisition of hardware, and mobilisation of the public and private sectors in defence R&D and production. (PTI)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 29, 2025 16:24 IST

    Donald Trump’s six traits as US president

    Trump weighs a country on its own merit, as he defines it, rather than as a part of a wider strategy or that country’s role vis-à-vis a third. (REUTERS)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 29, 2025 16:24 IST

    In Nisar collaboration, space exploration paths converge

    Nasa-JPL went on to lead landmark missions — from Magellan’s radar mapping of Venus to the Cassini-Huygens mission that revealed Saturn and its moons in stunning detail, and the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), which redefined how we map Earth from space. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 28, 2025 15:26 IST

    How NEP facilitated a UK-India partnership

    Regulations, when thoroughly crafted and consistently implemented, can be powerful enablers of international learning. (DPR PMO)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 28, 2025 15:25 IST

    Opinion: In Bihar SIR case, Supreme Court has to walk a tightrope

    The Supreme Court merely asked ECI to “consider” three other documents, namely the Aadhaar card, the ration card, and the voter ID card, to tackle the possibility of disenfranchisement. (Hindustan Times)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 29, 2025 08:36 IST

    Decoding India-China climate and energy interests

    China’s role in the global green economy, combined with the backsliding of Western economies towards their climate commitments, has geopolitical implications for India’s green energy ambitions. (@narendramodi/X.com)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 28, 2025 11:20 IST

    A road map for the Quad Critical Minerals Initiative

    Critical minerals policy is fragmented across nations and industries. Without a co-ordinating forum, exploration, ESG standards and procurements remain unaligned. The QMCI could serve as a government-industry platform to align policies, share analysis, harmonise standards and co-ordinate projects (@DrSJaishankar)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 28, 2025 05:08 IST

    How free bus rides are changing the lives of women

    Women travel by a bus in Bengaluru after the Karnataka government launched the 'Shakti' scheme which provides free bus travel for women across the state..
    opinion
    Published on Jul 28, 2025 24:30 IST

    Industry and government need a new pact of trust

    Industry should not be involved solely after policies are announced but during their design phase. Early engagement ensures that policies are practical, grounded, and aligned with industry realities (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 27, 2025 14:36 IST

    UK FTA is a turning point in how India engages with West

    This new pragmatism — open on industry, cautious on food — could now become the blueprint for other negotiations, particularly with the ongoing one with the US (Bloomberg)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 27, 2025 14:49 IST

    Lost in Kanwar noise, devotion to the divine

    Loud music played by kanwariya boom boxes creates intense noise disturbing citizens, pets and wildlife alike (Photo by Sakib Ali / Hindustan Times)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 27, 2025 14:28 IST

    Book Box | My monsoon survival story

    Rakesh Bakshi
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 27, 2025 08:01 IST

    What cinema can do when kindness is a thing of past

    Superman does not skirt over notions of good and evil by depicting unrealistic otherworldly circumstances. (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 26, 2025 15:06 IST

    Process as punishment and deceptive closures

    Twelve fellow citizens, with the same right to justice and fair play as you or I, have spent 19 years in jail, accused and then initially convicted of a crime they did not do. They were punished when they were innocent. (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 26, 2025 15:05 IST

    After Coldplaygate, the world of moral lynchings

    Leave aside the sexism of “sidepiece”, a country that has only months ago elected a legally defined sexual predator is now expressing horror at the moral lapse. (AFP)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 26, 2025 15:05 IST

    The world was his stage, and he played many parts

    Thiyam believed true modernity lay not in blind imitation of western forms, but in a deep engagement with one’s cultural heritage. (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 26, 2025 14:59 IST

    History writing must go beyond textbooks

    Teaching history can be such fun if we let the children fully interact with the teacher on the subject. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 25, 2025 15:25 IST

    Cricket diplomacy can serve India in the neighbourhood

    The BCCI’s muscle is best channelled towards magnanimity, consequently in winning hearts and minds; not arm-twisting and seeking undue conveniences in the field. (PTI)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 25, 2025 15:24 IST

    India-UK FTA: A bold pathway to closer trade ties

    The India-UK FTA represent a bold attempt to restructure the bilateral economic relationship between the two countries.  (Bloomberg)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 25, 2025 15:24 IST

    In Bihar, policing stays handcuffed to an old law

    A constable with a lathi was a symbol that the colonial Crown authority stretched from cantonment to every muddy lane. That legacy still defines the Bihar Police. (Hindustan Times)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 24, 2025 15:07 IST

    Delhi-Malé ties are shaped by geography and mutual trust

    Whether during the 2004 tsunami or the 2014 Malé water crisis, India has consistently acted as the Maldives’ first responder in times of need. (@indiannavy/SpokespersonNavy via PTI Photo)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 24, 2025 15:06 IST

    Man of the jungle who spoke for its residents

    Corbett’s words continue to reshape global perspectives on wilderness and its guardianship. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 24, 2025 15:06 IST

    AI must aid human thought, not become its replacement

    While automation holds tremendous promise for efficiency, delegating judgment, especially in life and death contexts like warfare, to AI systems raises profound concerns. (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 23, 2025 15:44 IST

    Setting sail for Viksit Bharat with maritime growth push

    The bouquet of initiatives has started attracting major global shipbuilding companies to joint ventures with Indian shipping companies, which is bound to create massive employment opportunities and investment multiplier effects. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 23, 2025 15:44 IST

    Why China refuses to resolve the border issue

    Under the Political Parameters Agreement, the two sides had sought to resolve the boundary question on “political’ grounds. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 23, 2025 15:44 IST

    A nation is only as skilled as the people on its margins

    When we invest in new tools and resources, digital platforms, and access to fair markets, while also embedding both technical and soft skills, including problem-solving and entrepreneurial thinking, across skilling programmes, we see transformation. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 22, 2025 15:05 IST

    Consequences if Yemen executes Nimisha Priya

    Should India consider getting all Indian nationals still remaining in that part of Yemen – said to be a few thousand – back ? Whether it hurts Yemen or not, the point would have been made that India does not trust the safety of its nationals there (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Jul 22, 2025 15:04 IST

    How Mumbai police lost the plot on suburban rail blasts

    The probe was marked by incompetence, lack of coordination, and confusion. (PTI)
    opinion
    Updated on Jul 22, 2025 15:04 IST
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